PASSED

This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance to require employers to provide reasonable workplace accommodations for employees’ needs related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, when the employee requests an accommodation and it would not cause undue hardship. Examples include restroom breaks, periodic rest, help with manual labor, childbirth-related disability leave, reassignment, and job restructuring; employers must also provide employees with written notice of these rights.

Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," by requiring reasonable workplace accommodations for employees who have needs related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.